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Speaking to the ECOSOC Youth Forum, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the role of his newly appointed UN Envoy on Youth, 29-year-old Ahmad Alhendawi, and asked for strong…

Marking the observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs said the Conference on Disarmament is a “cold war era body” which…

The continuing rise in the River Nile's water level in town capital city of Jonglei state, has destroyed hundreds of  houses and displaced over five thousands of people.The river, which broke…

Chinese authorities have reported fourteen cases of a new strain of bird flu, and confirmed six new deaths, the World Health Organization said today (5 April) in Geneva. And UNICEF warns that unless…

A new study by the IMF sayd that the  global panic set in motion by the 2008-09 financial crisis generated an unprecedented output collapse around the world that temporarily had countries moving in…

South Sudan’s new cabinet takes an oath of office, which did not include the position of vice-president.  Last month President Salva Kiir removed his entire cabinet including his vice-president Riek…

With the second round of the Yemen’s national dialogue under way, the political transition in the country is largely on course, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today (11…

The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, stressed the need for both Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to cooperate in resolving…

The UN human rights office said they have been asking for the referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC), but they also want the resolution on Syria to focus not…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Sunday’s announcement by Egypt that the Israelis and the Palestinians have accepted another 72 hours' unconditional humanitarian ceasefire and urged all…

High priced food is contributing to an obesity epidemic in developing countries as poor people increasingly rely on cheap, high caloric food products, according to the World Bank’s Food Price Watch.…

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffery Feltman, today visited the Somali capital Mogadishu where he met with senior members of the Somali Federal Government. AU UN-IST